Indoor Wayfinding
This article is about the choice of a Mobile Web App or Dedicated App for the mobile phone when it comes to choosing a wayfinding software platform for indoor environments.
Flight Time TV offers real-time flight information on message boards, digital signage screens and on the in-room TV-network.
Hotels and Resorts will be able to keep their guests informed of departure and arrivals times, as well as any delays or cancellations.
The outside world is perfectly served with the wayfinder we have in our car and with Google Maps on our Android phone. Try to imagine your life without it.
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First, let’s bust a couple of myths surrounding the Digital Wayfinding Application cost (with your permission, Adam and Jamie).
It is expensive to Create a Digital Wayfinding System…
One of the questions I frequently receive :
What is the best way to display the Digital Wayfinding Application? On a Kiosk, the Web or on a Mobile Phone?
This is indeed a very good question because everyone wants the investment to pay off. To be as effective as possible.
Digital Wayfinding
Client / Server Application
Server handles the processing of the data, and delivering the requested content. The Client, whether it is web, mobile or kiosk, displays the requested data.
Turn-Key or Software Only
Full Development or partly DIY (Floor plan design)
Introduction
A wayfinding system inside your building consists of fixed directional signage; arrows throughout the building, a directory on the wall at the entrance, maybe even colored lines on the floor indicating directions to a certain department.
Ability to make instant updates, providing the latest maps and directions to the audience.
Happy customers, by providing instant directions to everything your facility has to offer (Departments, Stores, Staff, Products, etc.), but also to restrooms, fire extinguishers, emergency exits.
